The Queen of Distraction

The Queen of Distraction presents practical skills to help women with ADHD achieve focus and balance in all areas of life, whether it's at home, at work, or in relationships....

Meh.

By
Laurie J. MacPherson
on
02-16-17

Focused Forward

Navigating the Storms of Adult ADHD

By:
James M. Ochoa LPC

Narrated by:
James M. Ochoa

Length: 4 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

98

Performance

88

Story

85

James M. Ochoa, LPC, goes beyond the management and scheduling techniques most ADHD books focus on to deal with what really holds so many ADHD-ers back - the emotional fallout....

Daydreaming can help your ADHD

By
Gecka
on
05-02-16

You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid or Crazy?

A Self-help Audio Program for Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder

By:
Kate Kelly

Narrated by:
Kate Kelly,
Peggy Ramundo

Length: 1 hr and 57 mins

Abridged

Overall

200

Performance

132

Story

131

ADD, the most common learning and behavioral problem among children, also affects millions of adult Americans, more of which are being diagnosed with this potentially disabling condition every day....

Things finally make sense

By
Billy
on
11-29-10

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life

By:
Kathleen Nadeau,
Judith Kolberg

Narrated by:
Lisa Reneé Pitts

Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins

Unabridged

Overall

235

Performance

200

Story

186

From authors Judith Kolberg and Kathleen Nadeau comes an essential guide to organization written with the unique needs of ADD sufferers in mind....

Practical tips for ADD minds

By
L. Dakin
on
06-07-13

Delivered From Distraction

Get the Most Out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder

By:
Edward M. Hallowell,
John J. Ratey

Narrated by:
Dan Cashman

Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins

Unabridged

Overall

1,104

Performance

636

Story

632

In 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder....

Excellent Book on ADD

By
Lincoln
on
02-13-05

Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?

Stopping the Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder

By:
Gina Pera

Narrated by:
Pam Ward

Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins

Unabridged

Overall

98

Performance

83

Story

83

Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? is a meticulously researched, comprehensive guide to recognizing and dealing with Adult ADHD....

The best book I've read on the subject yet!

By
david
on
05-17-12

How ADHD Affects Home Organization

Understanding the Role of the 8 Key Executive Functions of the Mind

By:
Lisa Woodruff

Narrated by:
Lisa Woodruff

Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins

Unabridged

Overall

47

Performance

37

Story

37

Do you walk in a room to organize and find yourself paralyzed and overwhelmed? Do you find yourself spending money on organizing solutions that don't work....

Good but not great

By
Jennifer
on
06-17-17

Smart but Stuck

Emotions in Teens and Adults with ADHD

By:
Thomas E. Brown

Narrated by:
Joe Bronzi

Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

144

Performance

122

Story

120

Compelling stories that present a new view of ADHD....

As an adult who suffers from ADHD,

By
Al Mothersbaugh
on
06-16-16

Taking Charge of Adult ADHD

By:
Russell A. Barkley PhD

Narrated by:
Paul Costanzo

Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins

Unabridged

Overall

55

Performance

48

Story

44

For adults with ADHD, problems with attention, planning, problem solving, and controlling emotions can make daily life an uphill battle....

If you can listen to this, you don't have ADHD

By
book light review
on
05-08-17

Driven to Distraction at Work

How to Focus and Be More Productive

By:
Ned Hallowell

Narrated by:
Christopher Kipiniak

Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Unabridged

Overall

87

Performance

76

Story

77

Dr. Hallowell now identifies the underlying reasons why people lose their ability to focus at work....

Good work

By
Timothy
on
06-27-16

I Always Want to Be Where I'm Not

Successful Living with ADD and ADHD

By:
Wes Crenshaw PhD

Narrated by:
Wes Crenshaw PhD

Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins

Unabridged

Overall

228

Performance

205

Story

206

Dr. Wes Crenshaw offers thirteen principles for successful living with ADD and ADHD drawn from twenty-two years of experience and 23,000 hours of clinical discussions....

I know you have ADHD, but just do it...

By
Gavin
on
01-27-16

Healing ADD Revised Edition

The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the 7 Types of ADD

By:
Daniel G. Amen

Narrated by:
John Bedford Lloyd

Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins

Unabridged

Overall

202

Performance

167

Story

169

Attention deficit disorder (ADD) is a national health crisis that continues to grow - yet it remains one of the most misunderstood and incorrectly treated illnesses today....

Amazing Book

By
Jennifer
on
11-24-14

The ADHD Advantage

What You Thought Was a Diagnosis May Be Your Greatest Strength

By:
Dale Archer, MD

Narrated by:
Walter Dixon

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

Unabridged

Overall

129

Performance

107

Story

108

Sharing the stories of highly successful people with ADHD, Dr. Archer offers a vitally important and inspiring new way to recognize ADHD traits in oneself or in one's loved ones....

Very little meat and a lot of fluff.

By
garyewebster
on
04-18-16

The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success

How to Use Your Brain's Executive Skills to Keep Up, Stay Calm, and Get Organized at Work and at Home

By:
Peg Dawson EdD,
Richard Guare PhD

Narrated by:
Randye Kaye

Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins

Unabridged

Overall

19

Performance

14

Story

14

Are you smart, scattered, and struggling? You're not alone....

Where are the worksheets?

By
jill
on
03-01-17

The ADHD Effect on Marriage

Understand and Rebuild Your Relationship in Six Steps

By:
Melissa Orlov

Narrated by:
Laura Jennings

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Unabridged

Overall

48

Performance

41

Story

40

This book guides troubled marriages toward an understanding of and appreciation for the struggles and triumphs of a relationship affected by ADHD....

ADHD Relationship Decoder

By
Philip Ian Harrison
on
07-07-17

How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind

Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets

By:
Dana K. White

Narrated by:
Dana K. White

Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins

Unabridged

Overall

481

Performance

427

Story

421

Bring your home out of the mess it's in and learn how to keep it under control....

A gold star plan for de-slobification

By
zuly
on
01-18-17

The Disorganized Mind

Coaching Your ADHD Brain to Take Control of Your Time, Tasks, and Talents

By:
Nancy A. Ratey,
John Ratey, MD - foreword

Narrated by:
Virginia Wolf

Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins

Unabridged

Overall

12

Performance

12

Story

11

For the millions of adults diagnosed with ADHD, The Disorganized Mind will provide expert guidance on what they can do to make the most of their lives....

Useful Teaching Stories creatively insightful

By
Bob
on
08-01-17

New ADHD Medication Rules

Brain Science & Common Sense

By:
Charles Parker

Narrated by:
Dr. Charles Parker

Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins

Unabridged

Overall

36

Performance

31

Story

31

In the only audiobook of its kind, Dr. Charles Parker clearly explains how this happens and how improved communication with professionals can dramatically improve treatment using available methods assembled from clinical experience and laboratory research....

Publisher's Summary

In this 150-minute program, Sari Solden, a psychotherapist, writer, and internationally known pioneer in the field of women with Attention Deficit Disorder, explores the unique way in which women experience life with ADHD. In her poetic and warm style, Sari poignantly leads the listener through the shame and hiding that accompanies these challenges for women who often have difficulty meeting society’s role expectations.

Sharing her own stories and real-life experiences of women with ADHD, Sari helps women feel relief and hope as they begin to dismantle their negative self images, accept themselves as unique instead of defective, and move toward a life of meaning.

Adapted from her groundbreaking book Women with Attention Deficit Disorder, Sari’s reading is enhanced by original jazz and by actors who bring the vignettes of the book to life in powerful ways that underscore the emotions felt by these women. As a result, partners and families are able to understand the struggle these women face as they fight to find a way to use their gifts and strengths.

Every year, millions of withdrawn little girls and chronically overwhelmed women go undiagnosed with ADHD, because they don't fit the stereotypical profile: they’re not fast-talking or hyperactive and they are not male.

Sari’s book revealed that ADHD affects just as many women as men, and that the resulting depression, disorganization, shyness, underachievement, and inactivity, are ways to identify many women with ADHD. Join the hundreds of thousands of women around the world who have experienced Sari’s inspiring messages, as she, in a very personal way, leads women on the journey from hiding to embracing who they are. Solden empowers these women to find the courage to be themselves and take control by restructuring their lives, renegotiating relationships, and redefining their self-images. Email Sari at sari@sarisolden.com for a free screening checklist.

Critic Reviews

"If you are a new reader, you have a big treat in store for you. If you are a loyal fan of Sari's work, you will be delighted with the new material that will add another dimension to your understanding of how ADD plays a role in your life....Give yourself the gift of healing laughter and tears. We did." (Kate Kelly & Peggy Ramundo, authors of You Mean I'm Not Lazy, Stupid, or Crazy?!)

"Before Sari's book came out, women with ADD were an invisible population...This book inspired others to write about and begin researching the issues of women and girls with ADD. I love Sari's humor, her sensitivity, her warmth as she details the trials and tribulations in life with ADD." (Edward Hallowell, M.D., coauthor of Driven to Distraction)

"By examining the interplay between genetics and environment, Sari Solden has broken new ground in Women with Attention Deficit Disorder...On both a personal and professional level, Solden explores just how women deal with the neurologic difference that is ADD." (John J. Ratey, M.D., coauthor, Driven to Distraction)

Story

Wonderful book, horrible recording

This is by far the best book I've "read" on women with ADD. The understanding of women with ADD is spot on and there are a few practical suggestions. It helped me appreciate myself and gain back some of my self esteem. However, the recording is absolutely the most annoying recording I've ever listened to. I don't have a problem with Sari Solden's "monotone" as some people have noted; I find her voice rather soothing. But for a person with ADD, particularly, the background noise, obnoxious music and other sound effects are horrific. I cringed every time they started. I wouldn't subject my worst enemy to this recording.

A True Gem for Women with ADHD

I am not overstating things when I say that Sari Solden's book literally changed my life. I had been exploring the possibility of having ADHD, heard Ms. Solden present at a large national ADD conference and then promptly RAN to the bookstore to purchase her book, "Women with Attention Deficit Disorder".

I don't know how many times my jaw dropped as she described- over and over again- my own inner life, as she spoke of the many challenges women with ADHD face. And here I was, thinking I was the only one!

Since her groundbreaking book was published, countless women have gone to their health care provider and demanded answers to such things as why their so-called "depression" wasn't being adequately treated. Ms. Solden describes how so many women with "diagnosed" depression are actually undiagnosed, untreated women with ADHD.

When the audiobook became available, I was thrilled to hear all these wise gems spoken in her own calm and gentle voice. Very supportive, very soothing, as if she were sitting right next to me.

This audiobook (and book) is a must have for anyone wanting to learn and better understand the inner world of women who are touched by ADHD. I have practically insisted that all of my clients with ADHD add this to their libraries. You won't be sorry!

One of the best!

As a therapist and writer with ADHD, I found myself devastated by the changes that occurred in my usual abilities when ADHD and peri-menopause collided. I realized while listening to Sari read her book (Audible) that I had slipped into denial, convinced that I had mastered ADHD in midlife, only to be painfully reminded that it doesn't go away and I am not just like everybody else with regard to brain functioning. The secondary losses and reality that ADHD can be disabling are very real to me again; the grief process is yet again activated. Those who internalized shame as undiagnosed children must read this book. I will certainly be implementing, again, the recommendations as changes

Really? Horrible is an understatement!

For someone who claims to be ADHD, did she listen to her recording? First, it seems that every chapter is one whole run on sentence, there are no breaks or pauses in her unemotional read. Second, is the music which plays along with her reading in much of the small amount I have managed to make it through thus far. In one part, there are people, as in a crowd of people, talking behind her while she is reading. HELLO! Really??? An ADHD person has a hard enough time focusing, paying attention and concentrating without added distractions within the reading to set them off course....WOW, this is terrible and should be re-recorded appropriately, taking the LISTENING AUDIENCE into consideration! Someone else should read this book and the added distractions should be removed! I was so distracted I can't even begin to tell you what it was I listened to...I got NOTHING from it! The only reason it's getting 1 star is because audible requires at least 1 to rate...

Sari Solden gets it!

not uplifting

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

The music, background sound was probably experimental and it did not bother me so much. (For some reason, I think it was somewhat easy like reading at a cafe) but her stories were kind of downer. She probably showed her sympathy as much as possible but all I was looking for was encouragment.

Awful, awful performance.

What ever possessed the director/producer of this book to record it with terrible, distracting, loud, annoying piano music which all but drowns out the narrative in some places and which provides long gaps in the narration which make one want to scream. Besides that, the narrator has a has a thin, childish voice, not the rich, nurturing voice that the topic deserves. This is the worst performance in an audiobook I have ever listened to. And that is saying a lot since I have listened to hundreds of audiobooks over a period of thirty years.

terrible background sounds!

author must not have ADD because the piano and background noises are horrible and distracting. this is miserable for us with ADD I don't think I can finish it

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Amanda

05-11-17

Not bad but not great.

Didn't mind the voice recording but disliked the actor voices and background soundtrack. It became extremely confusing to listen to her words at some points over the talk or music. I also found it difficult to relate to many of the scenarios due to personal thought patterns and a totally different inner voice to what the actors were saying.

Much of it felt very contrived and false, and while this is not really a high quality drama on the big screen, it was still off-putting due to lack of authenticity in the actor's voices.

Perhaps it's just my personal preference that I would rather listen to the author/reader describe the things as opposed to turning it into some kind of radio drama. That technique might work for some, but not me unfortunately.

I did gain a little more insight into the condition from the content in general however, and I'm grateful for that.